A recap of the European workshop on software ecosystems 2016

The workshop was a complete success with thirty participants. Academics and professionals were happy with the presentations and even more with the opportunities and time to ask questions and to interact with presenters and fellow professionals. With people from numerous companies like Huawei, Amazon Web services, Netfira, SAP, Synomic and others the workshop was equipped with professionals from large and small software companies and service providers.

What made this workshop successful were the discussions about the presentations but also the interactions in breaks and during lunch. A big thank you goes out to all presenters, participants and sponsors!

While this page provides an overview, you can find all the details in the proceedings.

Keynote: Huawei Connected World based ICT ecosystems

Roger Kilian Kehr presented at the European workshop on software ecosystems about Huawei Connected World based ICT ecosystems. After introducing Huawei as a company and the company history and current status he outlined partnering strategies and opportunities with Huawei. The audience appreciated this well prepared and presented topic.

Management of Partner Ecosystems in the Enterprise Software Industry: The Partner Selection

Abilio Avila from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology presented at the European workshop on software ecosystems 2016 on the topic of "Management of Partner Ecosystems in the Enterprise Software Industry: The Partner Selection - A Comparison of Partner Selection Criteria with Existing Literature". In his research he analysed partner selection approaches with the approaches taken by practitioners in the enterprise software industry. The presentation was well received.

How to define a platform business model with the platform business model canvas

The topic of "How to define a platform business model with the platform business model canvas" was presented by Matthias Walter at the European workshop on software ecosystems. Matthias captured the audience with the definition of a new variant of the business model canvas, which was especially designed for platform business models. With many practical examples from his consulting projects the presentation was well received by the participants.

Ecosystem Driven Development

Slinger Jansen, a very experienced and renowned researcher in the software ecosystems space talked about ecosystem driven development. With a large number of examples and a broad coverage of different ecosystems, Slinger explained what different approaches and techniques are used by different software vendors for their ecosystems of developers.